The man behind the massacre of five people at a Wendy's restaurant in Queens faced relatives of his victims yesterday for the first time, listening to their angry accusations and then apologizing, before a judge formally sentenced him to death. ...

The man convicted in the massacre of five workers at a Wendy's restaurant in Queens spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since the murders two and a half years ago, saying ''I am sorry'' to a jury deciding whether he should be put to death and...

Two and a half years after he survived a massacre at a Wendy's restaurant in Queens, fainting and then playing dead as five co-workers were executed around him, the star witness against the man on trial in the murders took the stand yesterday and...

November 7, 2002, Thursday

A confessed accomplice in the brutal killing of five people at a Wendy's restaurant in Queens last year testified yesterday that he had heard his partner in the crime being roughed up and shouting, ''They're beating me up,'' while the two were being...

If there was any relief yesterday in all the sadness in Flushing, Queens, it was that Benjamin Nazario did not have to board the Q25 bus on Main Street. Mr. Nazario's brother, Ramon, was among the five workers killed one year ago last night during an...

The new owner of the former Wendy's building in Flushing, Queens, will donate $18,000 to the Queens Borough Public Library branch in Flushing on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of five workers at the fast-food restaurant. ...

Nearly a year after the killing of five workers at a Wendy's in Flushing, Queens, a grand jury yesterday charged a man, already accused in the slayings, with shooting the only woman among the dead, Anita C. Smith. The indictment provided a missing...

The new owners of a former Wendy's in Flushing, Queens, say they would like to pay tribute to the five workers killed and two others wounded in a robbery at the fast-food restaurant last year. But they have discovered that there is no simple way to...

A Queens man who pleaded guilty to taking part in the massacre of five workers at a Wendy's restaurant in Flushing was sentenced to life in prison yesterday, but not before four of the victims' relatives addressed him in court and told him how the...

''UR 2 Good 2B 4gotten,'' someone has scribbled on the plywood stripped across the front door. Another message promises, ''I'll never forget you guys.'' There is also a drawing of a small heart with the inscription, ''Rest in peace.'' The door to...